Patient Preparation and Special Consideration before Radioactive Iodine Therapy

Kang, Won Jun

doi:10.16956/kjes.2008.8.3.167

Korean J Endocr Surg. 2008 Sep;8(3):167-170. Korean.
Published online Sep 30, 2008.
https://doi.org/10.16956/kjes.2008.8.3.167

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Patient Preparation and Special Consideration before Radioactive Iodine Therapy

Won Jun Kang, M.D., Ph.D.

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- Department of Radiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Correspondence: Email: mdkwj@yuhs.ac

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Abstract

Radioactive iodine therapy is widely used in patients diagnosed with differentiated thyroid cancer. Clinicians have been supplied with several guidelines on how to ablate thyroid tissue or treat thyroid cancer. Here, we review the general procedures involved in patient preparation and special considerations that must be taken before initiating radioactive iodine therapy.

Keywords

Thyroid cancer; Radioactive iodine; Patient preparation